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Gondal is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state Gujarat. Gondal state was one of the eight first class princely states of Kathiawar Agency during Bombay Presidency. The current population of town is around 200,000.census, ==History== Gondal finds mention in texts like ''Ain-i-Akbari'' (written in the reign of Akbar) and ''Mirat-i-Ahmadi'' as Vaghela state in Sorath (Saurashtra). The Gondal state in Kathiawar Agency was founded in 1634 by Thakore Shri Kumbhoji I Meramanji from Jadeja dynasty, who received Ardoi and other villages from his father Meramanji.〔〔(Princely Gondal ) ''RoyalArk''〕 With his fourth descendant Kumbhoji IV, the State raised itself, by acquiring parganas of Doraji, Upleta, Sarai etc.〔(Gondal state ) ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'', 1908. v. 12, ''p. 319''〕 Later Sir Bhagwant Singhji who reigned from 1888 until his death in 1944, was its most noted ruler, known for his various tax reforms, compulsory education for women and also removing the purdah tradition for women at a time when the royal households of India were known for this tradition.〔(Purdah Women ) ''TIME'', Monday, November 24, 1930.〕 Moreover, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, ancestors belong to Paneli village in Gondal state. The Gondal town lies on the banks of ''Gondali'' river and in 1901 it had a population of 19,592 and has a railway station on the branch line between Rajkot-Jetalsar on the Western Railway Line of Viramgam-Rajkot-Somnath line .〔(Gondal Town ) The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908, v. 12, ''p. 321''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gondal, India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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